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Beer, Body Scent May Make You a Mosquito Magnet. Can DEET Help?

Some people are more prone to mosquito bites than others, and scientists may have figured out why. Jaromir/Getty Images Researchers have identified several reasons why mosquitoes are more ...

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Therapy app boosts college student mental health

A study of more than 6,200 university students found that a smartphone app combined with personal coaching via text messages can be an effective intervention against depression, anxiety, and eating...

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Meta to pay millions over student mental‑health crisis – Reuters

Snapchat, YouTube, and TikTok have also agreed to settle the bellwether case brought by a Kentucky school district, while denying liability Meta...

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Telehealth Booms as Demand for GLP-1s Surges and Questions Mount About Safety, Oversight

Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McClain was admitted to the hospital, she said. The ...

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Amid Ebola, Hantavirus Outbreaks, Democrats Decry Trump’s Health Cuts

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal health agencies have become a political liability after a deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship and the spread of an even more fearsome ...

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Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.

When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said W...

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Waist-to-Hip Ratio May Offer Better Indicator of Obesity, Health Over BMI

BMI measurements may drastically underestimate obesity rates among U.S. adults, new research suggests. Thomas Barwick/Getty Images A growing body of evidence suggests that a waist-to-hip r...

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Woman Finds Boyfriend’s Ex’s Warning Note Hidden In His House, Realizes She Might Be Right

New relationships can be exciting, but also come with some unanswered questions, like will it pan out, are you going to get hurt, what might they be they hiding, among others. A lot of anxiety and ...

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Focused on Work, Needed at Home: A Federal Caregiving Policy Might Help

(Candice Evers for WPLN and KFF Health News) Jill Woodrow reached a tipping point as a caregiver when her mom began struggling to communicate information about her latest doctor appointment...

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Anne Hathaway Was ‘Legally Blind’ for a Decade Due to Early Onset Cataract

Anne Hathaway recently shared how an early onset cataract left her legally blind in one eye for a decade. Getty images Anne Hathaway recently shared about the early onset cataract that lef...

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Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US

An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospi...

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Groundbreaking New Drug Nearly Doubles Pancreatic Cancer Survival

An experimental new pill, daraxonrasib, significantly improved survival rates of participants with pancreatic cancer. Israel Sebastian/Getty Images A new medication performed remarkably we...

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Just 2 Hours of Strength Training a Week May Help You Live Longer

Researchers say that 90–120 minutes of strength training per week can help reduce the risk of early death. Image Credit: People Images/Getty Images A new study found that 90–120 minute...

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Michigan Found a Way To Reduce School Vaccine Waivers. Until It Backfired.

PORT HURON, Mich. — State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied in Michigan. The outbreaks of the ...

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At a Tennessee Hospital, a Nurse Stole Fentanyl and AI Missed It, State Records Say

About a year ago at Erlanger Baroness, the largest hospital in Chattanooga, anesthesia staff noticed that a nurse was slurring his words and struggling to stay awake while on duty in the surgery ce...

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GLP-1s Like Ozempic May Help Lower Breast Cancer Risk. Here’s How

New research suggests that GLP-1 drugs could serve as an effective strategy for breast cancer prevention. ruizluquepaz/Getty Images A new study found that females using GLP-1 drugs had abo...

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Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Force States To Scrap Plans and Rework Systems

The Trump administration’s rollout of a federal mandate that millions of Americans on Medicaid must work or risk losing health benefits will force states to scrap months of preparation, according t...

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Canned Cocktails Will Smash You to the Ground

Until recently, cocktails were a rarity at baseball stadiums. Beer was far easier to grab on the go, and getting rowdy fans liquored up was in no one’s best interest. Liquor was limited, sometimes ...

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Louisiana’s Reporting Law Chills Immigrant Medicaid Applications

Yolibeth’s 4-year-old daughter scrambled headfirst onto a cushy leather love seat at their home near New Orleans and pushed a hairbrush into the hands of Miriam Romero, a health coordinator who wor...

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RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the me...

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Drinking Alcohol Can Raise Your Risk of These 20 Health Conditions

Research shows that any amount of drinking can increase your health risks. Image Credit: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images A recent study found an association between alcohol consump...

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